On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:39:49 +0300
Shachar Or <dawnlight@lavabit.com> wrote:
> On Saturday 12 July 2008 10:25, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote:
> > On Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:45:32 +0300
> >
> > Shachar Or <dawnlight@lavabit.com> wrote:
> > > Hello!
> > >
> > > I've sent this to debian-desktop but not much response there so
> > > I'm trying here.
> > >
> > > I'd like lenny to be released with the feature to easily set it
> > > up so that desktop users would be able to mount removable ntfs
> > > filesystems R/W via the normal desktop mouting tools.
> > >
> > > Does anyone have an overview on this?
> > >
> > > Love.
> > >
> > > On Friday 20 June 2008 10:55, Shachar Or wrote:
> > > > Is it possible to mount ntfs using ntfs-3g from KDE/Gnome and
> > > > other desktops in lenny?
> > > >
> > > > If not, can we make this a debian-desktop goal?
> > > >
> > > > This is a feature that I find critical for desktops, because
> > > > many desktop users use external storage with ntfs in it.
> > > > --
> > > > Shachar Or | שחר אור
> > > > http://ox.freeallweb.org/
> >
> > Only a few things need to be changed in /etc/fstab to achieve your
> > goal. Change the filesystem type from `ntfs' to `ntfs-3g' and
> > include `rw' and `users' in the options.
>
> This has nothing to do with /etc/fstab becuase i'm talking about
> removable devices. Talking about being able to purchase a USB MSC HDD
> and plugging it in.
>
Yes, I understood it, but my statement still stands. If you use an
individual device and want it to be hotpluggable, you may consider
creating an udev rule with the VID:PID or UUID. Also don't forget to
add the `noauto' option to the correspondning line in /etc/fstab, just
to be sure.
--
Nyizsa.
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